[Root][TWRP][Recovery] Lumigon T3

[bigrammy]

Lumigon T3 Root, Recvery, etc

This OP = Lumigon T3 Gerneral Info.
post #2 = Root and Recovery
post #3 = Other Info as & when available​

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Device Info:

Manufacturers Product Description
Designed in Denmark The T3 is made from marine-grade 316 stainless steel and damage resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 for premium look and feel. Every unique feature has been created to meet a genuine need. Every design aspect and choice of material are well thought through and serve a practical purpose.
Our designer Audio headset with smooth shapes are a perfect fit and included in the package.
Camera's The remarkable 13MP/4K camera with dual tone flash has a very fast PDAF (Phase Detection Autofocus) technology. The dedicated camera key on the side gives quick access to the camera, while the volume buttons can be used to zoom in and out.
Front The T3 has a 5MP/2K front-facing camera, which is equipped with a flash, which allows taking clear selfies, having a video call or using the Mirror app even in dark environments.
Night Vision Camera The T3 is first smartphone in the world to come equipped with a Night Vision camera. It allows any kind of night recordings and makes invisible objects in the dark visible.
Rear Touch Panel The BackTouch panel can be used to swipe photos and scroll websites. The integrated camera release on the BackTouch is very convenient when taking selfies.
Vault App Secure and encrypted Vault is a unique Lumigon app where images, contacts, confidential notes, PINs, apps etc. can be stored and remain private if you don't want others to see your sensitive data. Vault is not only for storing; you can also send and receive text messages and calls directly from the Vault app. All your Vault data is encrypted and secured with a PIN.
One-press access ActionKey This key can be customised to turn on/off the flashlight, open an app, etc. Actions can be activated by either a short press or a long press. The ActionKey can be used even if the screen is off.
Universal remote control With its infrared receiver and transmitter, the phone can be used as a remote control for TV, audio, video etc. You can also copy commands from your existing infrared remote controls into the memory of T3. The remote control app has a predefined selection of remote-control profiles including MAC and B&O products that you can adjust and personalize with different colours.
Notification light The T3 can be set to notify with a discrete light if there is a new mail in your inbox, a new message or a missed call.
Handwave function The Hand-wave feature allows answering phone calls without touching the phone. If you accept a phone call, the sensor activates the speakers and microphone automatically. You can also use Hand-wave for swiping the photos in the gallery app, snoozing the alarm, etc.

Devices Spec's:

Lumigon T3 full specifications
GENERAL
Release date June 2016
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 137.00 x 69.00 x 7.90
Weight (g) 145.00
Removable battery No
Colours Black, White, Orange, Gold
DISPLAY
Screen size (inches) 4.80
Touchscreen Yes
Resolution 720x1280 pixels
HARDWARE
Processor 2.2GHz octa-core
Processor make MediaTek Helio X10
RAM 3GB
Internal storage 128GB
Expandable storage No
CAMERA
Rear camera 13-megapixel
Rear Flash Dual LED
Front camera 5-megapixel
Front Flash Yes
SOFTWARE
Operating System Android 6.0
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 4.10
NFC Yes
Infrared Yes
USB OTG Yes
Headphones 3.5mm
FM No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1
SIM Type Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
3G Yes
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) No
SIM 2
SIM Type Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA GSM
3G Yes
4G/ LTE Yes
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) No
SENSORS
Compass/ Magnetometer Yes
Proximity sensor No
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No

My Own Thoughts:
Well for me this devices is a absolute bargain and the steal of the century!!!
I paid Just $99 USD for this phone and I have even seen it as low as $79!!! I really expected to receive a complete fake but to my total disbelieve it seems to be 100% genuine
Lumigon sadly went bankrupt and while I feel bad for Lumigon and it's employees it seems their loss is my gain/gift.
I can only Guess that the Chinese OEM Producer is dumping them in the hope they can re-coupe their costs because this device must cost way more than circa $99 to produce.
I read on 4PDA that some are saying these phones are fake but from my investigation of the 3 devices I purchased (1 from coolicool and 2 from efox they are NOT fakes nor are they refurbished.
All the hardware works 100% so for some manufacturer to produce a "Fake" with all this hardware packed into one device would be nut's and would probably loose money selling them at this price anyway so for me they do seem to be 100% genuine bankrupt stock.
I doubt these devices will stay around long at those prices :silly: so for those of you lucky enough to get one well done!!
So here are the downsides as I see them.
1. No OEM support, Firmware Updates, official Spares, Accessory's and of course no source code.
2. The Battery: The battery is small for such a feature packed phone so if your a super heavy social media addict who has the everything switched on with your face permanently fixed to the screen awaiting the next "like" or "comment" while wearing your over the ear beats and playing some heavy graphics game then this is probably not the phone for you. :laugh:
For me it's just fine as I only use my phones for Calls, Texts, a little web browsing and check my emails 2 or 3 times a day.

Please feel free to participate in this thread by helping out other users, sharing firmware's, Tips and tricks etc etc etc.

Can I Please kindly request that no one ask's about SPFLASHTOOL as a quick few second's search of google youtube and XDA will reveal all there is to know about What it is, How to use it, Where to get it from and How to install the MediaTek drivers.
Also no posts about Xposed please because this has it's own thread but If you really need to discuss it then please start your own thread.
Installing Xposed creates too many variables and the amount of hours I have spent chasing none existing problems trying to help other user's who didn't declare they were using Xposed is unreal :crying: I don't use it so I will never be able to reproduce any bugs you may get.​

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[bigrammy]

Root and TWRP Recovery

Usual Warning: Everything is at your own risk and I take zero responsibility for bricked devices etc etc etc.​

Download the provided TWRP.img TWRP.img HERE
Also at the bottom of this post.

Before you start I would advise you to do a "Read Back" (Backup) of your device using SPFlashTool :good:
Instructions on how:

Open the SPFlashTool folder and find the file named "options.ini" and open it using Notepad ++.
Find the Line

[ReadBack]
ShowByScatter=false

and change it to

[ReadBack]
ShowByScatter=true

If this line does not exist at all then just add it.
Now save it and exit Notepad ++
Open SPFlashTool and load the scatter.txt you extract from the .zip then go to the read back tab and select the parts you wish to backup.
Do Not Back Up userdata as 128GB is very big and will likely cause errors :silly:
I recommend you back up these preloader, nvram, lk, logo, boot, recovery and system as these should suffice for most eventuality's. :good:
These back up's will be saved in the root of the SPFlashTool Folder and auto named rom0 rom1 etc etc just check the scatter.txt and find the corrosponding sys# to see which each one is
eg: ROM0 = SYS0 = Preloader.

Warning all data will be wipe so back up what you value:
1. Downloaded the New TWRP and rename it to T3-twrp.img
2. Open SPFlashTool
3. Choose "Download Only"
4. Load the custom made scatter file "Lumigon-T3-MT6795_Android_scatter.txt" into SPFlashTool
5. Place a cross in boot, recovery and userdata then in the empty "location" box's double tap and choose the T3-twrp.img, userdata.img and Magisk patched_boot.img provided in the .zip
6. Now hit the download button.
7. After it's done disconnect the phone and wait a few minutes then start the phone.
NOTE: For some reason the patched boot.img of magisk v17 did not do the usual restart during the first boot for me so if this happens (Gets stuck on the white T3 Logo) then force power off and restart it. After this it boots fine but please allow 10 mins for the first boot.
Install the latest stable Magisk Manager app HERE and your done.
You can reboot to recovery to check TWRP is working fine too.

Please Note: I did not unlock the bootloader or even try so it's either unlocked by default or the signed images do the trick.
Bootloader getvar after flashing TWRP and Patched Boot.img

[email protected] ~ $ fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) 	max-download-size: 0x8000000
(bootloader) 	partition-size:flashinfo: 1000000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:flashinfo: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:userdata: 32000000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:userdata: ext4
(bootloader) 	partition-size:cache: 1a800000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:cache: ext4
(bootloader) 	partition-size:system: 79000000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:system: ext4
(bootloader) 	partition-size:tee2: c60000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:tee2: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:tee1: 500000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:tee1: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:expdb: a00000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:expdb: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:frp: 100000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:frp: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:logo: 800000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:logo: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:para: 80000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:para: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:secro: 600000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:secro: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:recovery: 1000000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:recovery: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:boot: 1000000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:boot: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:lk: 60000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:lk: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:seccfg: 40000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:seccfg: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:protect2: a00000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:protect2: ext4
(bootloader) 	partition-size:protect1: a00000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:protect1: ext4
(bootloader) 	partition-size:nvram: 500000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:nvram: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:proinfo: 300000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:proinfo: raw data
(bootloader) 	partition-size:preloader: 40000
(bootloader) 	partition-type:preloader: raw data
(bootloader) 	off-mode-charge: 1
(bootloader) 	warranty: yes
(bootloader) 	unlocked: no
(bootloader) 	secure: yes
(bootloader) 	kernel: lk
(bootloader) 	product: HTT6795_LWT_M
(bootloader) 	version-preloader: 0.1.00
(bootloader) 	version: 0.5
all: Done!!
finished. total time: 0.005s

Please take note of My firmware version which is v3.2P.273.306 and is shown in the screenshots below if yours is different the outcome may be very different from mine so think before you do anything.
Experimental notes and observations by other users are most welcome.


Some Screenshots:

TWRP Updated: Fix slow Data Wipes and some other minor fixes, code cleanup. (Nov 2020)
Click the SHOW button below to view link.

Fixed-Data-Wipe-T3-TWRP.img HERE

 

[bigrammy]

Other Info as & when available

How to enter Recovery?
Most of this is just the standard MediaTek way of doing things but for those not familiar with MediaTek here are the Methods for various things

Methods for Recovery Mode:

1. Phone Powered OFF:
With the Phone off Press and keep Held the Volume + (up) key, now press and keep held the Power Key until you see the Lumigon Logo then release the Power button only.
Keep the Volume + pressed until you see the TWRP Splashscreen or the Stock Recovery.
You can now release all buttons.

2. Boot to Recovery from System:
In Settings goto /About phone/Build number and tap it several times until you see "Your now a developer" toast,
now go back and choose the new /Developer option from there choose USB debugging.
You must have ADB and Fastboot drivers setup on your PC already so please use google to find out how to do that.
Now open your cmd promt or terminal and type

adb devices

You will get a popup on your phones screen which ask's about trusting the PC place a tick in the always box and press OK.
You should now see something like "012345ABCDEF Device" in your cmd/terminal window If you do then it's working and your good to go. :good:
Now you can enter

adb reboot recovery

and the Phone will reboot to recovery.
3. Apps from the Play Store Normally need root permission and If your already rooted then I am sure you will be used to using such app's anyway.

Methods for Fastboot Mode:

NOTE: Fastboot communication is disabled in firmware version v3.2P.291.340
In the previous firmware version v3.2P.273.306 fastboot works fine.

1. Phone Powered OFF:
With the Phone off Press and keep Held the Volume - (Down) key, now press and keep held the Power Key until you see "Fastboot" in very small letters in the lower left corner of the screen.
You can now release all buttons.
As with adb type

fastboot devices

this should return something like "012345ABCDEF Device" If it does your good to go.

2. To Leave fastboot mode with no communication unplug the USB cable Now press and hold the Power Button until the phone turns off.

3. To Leave fastboot mode with communication enter

fastboot reboot

Actual device Info as read by the DevCheck Hardware and System Info app while in (root) mode.

DevCheck Report

Lumigon
T3

Sep 21, 2018 12:03
Uptime: 12h 43m 59s
Deep sleep: 3h 32m 46s (27%)

HARDWARE
Mediatek Helio X10
Hardware: MT6795
Cores: 8
CPU:
4 x Cortex-A53
4 x Cortex-A53
Process: 28 nm HPM
Frequencies:
403 MHz - 1950 MHz
Not available
Governor: interactive

GRAPHICS
Vendor: Imagination Technologies
GPU: PowerVR Rogue G6200
OpenGL: OpenGL ES 3.1 build [email protected]
Resolution: 1280 x 720
Screen density: 305.95932 ppi
Screen size: 4.8 in / 122 mm

RAM
RAM size: 3.0 GB
Type: LPDDR3 933 MHz
Bandwidth: 14.9 GB/s
Channels: 32-bit dual channel

OTHER HARDWARE
Bluetooth support: yes
Bluetooth LE support: yes
USB host support: yes
Infrared transmitter: yes
NFC support: yes

DEVICE
Model: Lumigon_T3
Codename: Lumigon_T3
Manufacturer: Lumigon
Serial Number: 0123456789ABCDEF

SYSTEM
Android Version: 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Build: 3.2P.273
Security patch: March 1, 2017
Root access: Device is rooted
Architecture: aarch64 (64-bit)
Instruction sets: arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a armeabi
Kernel: 3.10.72+ #1
[email protected]
gcc version 4.9.x-google 20140827 (prerelease) (GCC) 
Mon Mar 20 13:56:58 CET 2017

BATTERY
Technology: Li-ion
Health: Good
Capacity (reported by system): 2285 mAh

NETWORK
MAC address: "NO NEED TO KNOW"
5GHz band support: yes
Operator: "NO NEED TO KNOW"
Phone type: GSM

CAMERA
Resolution: 13.0 MP (4160x3120)
Focal length: 3.79 mm
35mm equivalent focal length: 28.3 mm
Sensor size: 4.65x3.45 mm
Crop factor: 7.5x
Field of view: 63.0°
Pixel size: 1.11 μm
Focus modes: auto, macro, infinity, continuous-picture, continuous-video, manual, fullscan
Flash modes: off, on, auto, red-eye, torch
Image format: JPEG
Front Camera: 4.9 MP (2560x1920)

Lots more to follow soon.

 

[vic.prophet]

Root and TWRP Recovery,Lumigon T3

This is reserved for the future.

what version of Lumigon T3 firmware do you have? if the latter can not be shared?

 

[bigrammy]

The firmware version is in the screenshot images as already stated Please try to be more clear in what you are asking me as I really don't understand your question. Regards bigrammy
EDIT:
Firmware Version is 3.2P.273.306
@hanuma
My TWRP works 100% including the OTG.
It would be nice if the guys on 4PDA would at least give some credit by name and hit my Thanks Button.

 

[vic.prophet]

The firmware version is in the screenshot images as already stated Please try to be more clear in what you are asking me as I really don't understand your question. Regards bigrammy
EDIT:
Firmware Version is 3.2P.273.306
@hanuma
My TWRP works 100% including the OTG.
It would be nice if the guys on 4PDA would at least give some credit by name and hit my Thanks Button.

does nfs work for you?wireless charging?there is an opportunity to share bekapa firmware Version is 3.2.273.306
Thanks
what version of SP FlashTool was used for firmware?
Thanks

 

[bigrammy]

does nfs work for you?wireless charging?there is an opportunity to share bekapa firmware Version is 3.2.273.306
Thanks
what version of SP FlashTool was used for firmware?
Thanks

NFC works but seems not to be stable because it does work when I share app information between devices but it "fails to complete" when sharing things like photo's
I will investigate this more when I get some time.

I cannot test the wireless charging as I do not have the hardware available to me to do such tests maybe another user could help you on this one. :fingers-crossed:

Are you on a different firmware Version to 3.2P.273.306 If so what is your version?

I could share a backup of the v3.2P.273.306 but I would need to fully test the backup and restore functions myself to ensure everything works perfect before I could release it which maybe a few days away because I am still using the phone on a daily basis to see how it performs in the real world before I start trying to modify things.

Edit:
Forgot to mention that I use SPFlashTool version v5.1752 for Linux.

 

[vic.prophet]

NFC works but seems not to be stable because it does work when I share app information between devices but it "fails to complete" when sharing things like photo's
I will investigate this more when I get some time.

I cannot test the wireless charging as I do not have the hardware available to me to do such tests maybe another user could help you on this one. :fingers-crossed:

Are you on a different firmware Version to 3.2P.273.306 If so what is your version?

I could share a backup of the v3.2P.273.306 but I would need to fully test the backup and restore functions myself to ensure everything works perfect before I could release it which maybe a few days away because I am still using the phone on a daily basis to see how it performs in the real world before I start trying to modify things.

Edit:
Forgot to mention that I use SPFlashTool version v5.1752 for Linux.

do contactless payments work?

 

[bigrammy]

do contactless payments work?

I don't know as I do not use contactless payments plus I am rooted so it probably would not work in any case.
I take it you do not have the Lumigon T3 or you would know for yourself if these features work or not?

Given that using the T3 with the stock rom and not rooted I would guess that contactless payments should work as only a small amount of data is exchanged between devices. The NFC seems to struggle with larger amounts of data such as photos but like I have said I have not had chance to thoroughly test it yet and to be honest it's pretty low on my priority list as I mostly never use NFC anyway.

 

[vic.prophet]

nfc (contactless payments) does not start due to lack of a certificate
how can I launch Android Pay?

but there is some update that eliminates bugs with NFC

 

[bigrammy]

nfc (contactless payments) does not start due to lack of a certificate
how can I launch Android Pay?

I do not know anything about contactless payments Google Wallet / Android Pay etc etc.
I do not link any of my portable devices to anything involving my Money or bank details not even paypal or ebay of obvious reasons. :silly:

 

[vic.prophet]

new update like fixes bugs and with file transfer by NFC

 

[Botandroid]

I'm close to by a lumigon but I'm afraid of the battery autonomy. I've a doogee mix and the battery longs to 1,5 day of hard use. And in this lumigon the battery in heavy use how longs is the autonomy? Any chance to upgrade the android?

 

[bigrammy]

new update like fixes bugs and with file transfer by NFC

The firmware in your screenshot is 3.2P.268.299 which older than the firmware on my device 3.2P.273.306 so it is not a New update but a old one.

I'm close to by a lumigon but I'm afraid of the battery autonomy. I've a doogee mix and the battery longs to 1,5 day of hard use. And in this lumigon the battery in heavy use how longs is the autonomy? Any chance to upgrade the android?

This type of question is impossible to answer because everyone uses their phones differently. :silly:
As I already said in the OP I would not recommend this device for heavy users as you would probably not even get a full day of use.
I get a 1.5 days maximum use but I am a light user with No social media, games, etc, etc I just make a few calls, sms, light web browse and play some music about 40 > 80 minutes a day.
I turn OFF WiFi, Data, NFC and Location (GPS) when not in use.

There is very little chance of a Android upgrade unless someone can find the Kernel source code :fingers-crossed:
Maybe a ex Lumigon dev may come by and leak us a copy of it :fingers-crossed: :laugh: :laugh:

The only other slim to zero chance would the M.A.D Team buying Lumigon T3's for their own use. :laugh:

 

[vic.prophet]

The firmware LUMIGON-T3_3.2P.291 https://yadi.sk/d/t_Sm8AVWq7mUPg
topic on the phone https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=769158&view=findpost&p=77373253

 

[Botandroid]

Wow! Another firmware! Any chance to oreo?

 

[bigrammy]

The firmware LUMIGON-T3_3.2P.291 https://yadi.sk/d/t_Sm8AVWq7mUPg
topic on the phone https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=769158&view=findpost&p=77373253

Thanks for this vic.prophet :good:
I view 4PDA on a regular basis as that forum seems to be a lot more active than here on XDA
I am not sure why there is so little interest in this device especially considering the premium quality and low price.

Wow! Another firmware! Any chance to oreo?

As said already there is no kernel source code for this device.
I cannot find any OEM's that use this SoC (mt6795) running anything above Android 6.0 so I think MediaTek probably abandoned the SoC at 6.0 (MM)
A very very skilled dev like @superdragonpt or @fire855 maybe able to construct a working kernel from various other mt6795 MM kernel source code. Even if this could be done it's unlikely we could find the drivers for the night-vision camera and maybe other hardware.

 

[mkstevo]

The firmware LUMIGON-T3_3.2P.291 https://yadi.sk/d/t_Sm8AVWq7mUPg

Has anyone been able to download this firmware? I've tried and I'm told I need to create a Yandex account. I've done this but I am then told that my account has been restricted and I need to enter my telephone number to continue. I put in my telephone number, and entered the pass code, logged out and in again but I still get the same message about my account is restricted and I need to give my telephone number to continue. I put in my telephone number (again) enter the pass code from the text message (again), log out, log in... Well you get the idea. I can't download the file. If anyone can put it in some other drive sharing site I'd be grateful. I'd like to update my firmware an hopefully this will include the fix for Google Pay so I can continue to use the Lumigon. Otherwise I'll have to look for another 'phone.

---------- Post added at 04:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 PM ----------

The firmware LUMIGON-T3_3.2P.291 https://yadi.sk/d/t_Sm8AVWq7mUPg
topic on the phone https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=769158&view=findpost&p=77373253

Actually I managed to download the file from Yandex. The second time I created a new account BEFORE attempting to download the file, giving a mobile number as part of the sign up procedure. This allowed me to access the file. I should point out that I used a mobile number other than mine to complete the sign up procedure, one that allows reception of SMS messages via the internet.

The file doesn't seem to be a traditional 'Update' file though. It is a .rar file which once decompressed shows a number of ROM_1, ROM_2, etc. files. there is no 'Scatter' file either. Can anyone enlighten me how I apply this update please?

 

[bigrammy]

The file doesn't seem to be a traditional 'Update' file though. It is a .rar file which once decompressed shows a number of ROM_1, ROM_2, etc. files. there is no 'Scatter' file either. Can anyone enlighten me how I apply this update please?

Hi mkstevo,
The Updated firmware version is a "Read Back" (Back Up) using SPFlashTool. I described how to do this in the OP also how to identify what's what so please re read the OP and ensure you have a good understanding of what your dealing with.
If you don't understand a specific part then just ask.

The new firmware as posted is not fully flash-able by SPFlashTool it needs to be "trimmed" to make a SPFlashTool "Device Recovery ROM"
I will do this when I find a little time.

EDIT: It seems @hanuma has already done this Posted it on needrom
Needrom now wants me to pay for using this service even though I contributed to their database of ROM's and Recovery's!!!

Hopefully @hanuma will share it with us :fingers-crossed:
If not then I will have to do it myself later on when I get a little time.

 

[mkstevo]

Hi mkstevo,
The Updated firmware version is a "Read Back" (Back Up) using SPFlashTool. I described how to do this in the OP also how to identify what's what so please re read the OP and ensure you have a good understanding of what your dealing with.
If you don't understand a specific part then just ask.

Many thanks, in truth I was expecting a more 'standard' update.zip file that could be applied using the 'update from local file' facility in recovery mode. I hadn't understood your post relating to updating using this file as I don't understand what I'm doing and this is (a long way!) out of my skill set.

The new firmware as posted is not fully flash-able by SPFlashTool it needs to be "trimmed" to make a SPFlashTool "Device Recovery ROM"
I will do this when I find a little time.

EDIT: It seems @hanuma has already done this Posted it on needrom
Needrom now wants me to pay for using this service even though I contributed to their database of ROM's and Recovery's!!!

Hopefully @hanuma will share it with us :fingers-crossed:
If not then I will have to do it myself later on when I get a little time.

I have used SpTools before, but that has always been with a manufacturers update file that I've then been able to unpack and repack less the bloatware then flash to my device. I've not been able to figure out how to use the required tools to create a backup file from a 'dump' such as this one. I did have a look yesterday, but couldn't make any sense of it.

If the file on needrom does allow Google Pay to work I'd be happy to pay for a membership to allow me to download it. While $3 isn't a lot, if Google Pay still doesn't work, and/or I still can't figure out how to use the file, it is a waste!

Thanks for your kind reply, I apologise for being too dense to be able to understand fully what you say, I'll keep my eyes on this thread and hope that @hanuma or yourself are kind enough to share your intelligence with those of us who are less than blessed in the Android flashing department.